Of course, our population dwarfs that of France. And they’re still crushing us on the per-head vino front. Reuters reports: “According to per capita figures that date from 2011, the average French person still gets through almost 1.2 bottles a week, about six times more than the average American.”

But thanks to a dwindling of consumption France-side—”we drink less wine by volume, more quality wine…there is also competition from other drinks such as beer,” OIV director general Jean-Marie Aurandine told Reuters—and renewed interest in vino stateside, we’re in the lead.